Nellie-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEL-ee-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Nellie-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Nellie-Rae mean?
Modern: combination of Nellie and Rae
Joins Nellie, a pet form of Eleanor and Helen, with Rae, a short form of Rachel.
Is Nellie-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Nellie-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nellie-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Nellie-Rae, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nellie-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Nellie-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
Nicknames for Nellie-Rae
- Nellie 476 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nellie-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nova, Ottilie, Nellie, Nora, Rosie, Bonnie, Elodie, Eden, Maeve, Aurora, Ivy-Rose, Nancy
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nellie-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nellie-rae, updated 20 October 2026.